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I assigned for our local rec league for three years and each year trained two or three girls (including my daughter). It was obvious that after a few games my girl didn't have "what it takes". She was a fine player but a bit too thin skinned to take even the normal hassles involved with umping. A couple of the other girls went on to take good control of game situations and became decent umpires.
I applaud your daughters' interest in giving it a try and I think your ideas about how to break her in are good. The only advice I can give is to give her some distance but be close enough to give a hand if she needs you those first few games. The one thing I bet she'll see right from the start is that umpiring really is kind of hard! She'll make mistakes but if she sticks to it she'll gain a good sense of herself. Good luck.
[Edited by Little Jimmy on Feb 23rd, 2004 at 08:10 PM]
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